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OHA News Release: Media advisory: January 29 - Public open house and tour of Oregon State Hospital's new Junction City Campus‏

Jan 26, 2015

Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon hospitals' new suit over poor mental health care could complicate legislative session

State lawmakers say behavioral health remains a major priority, and now hospitals' revived lawsuit could raise the stakes

Oct 3, 2024
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Opinion: Oregon must work together to protect our health care

The scale of the health care cuts coming under H.R. 1 is too great for state government alone to fill the gaps. Oregon's public and private sectors need to come together to find a path forward, says the chair of the state Senate Interim Committee on Health Care.

Oct 7, 2025

Sejal Hathi, the director of the Oregon Health Authority, has taken a part-time job seeing patients at Stanford University's teaching hospital in California. Hathi said she misses seeing patients, will work a weekend a month and is trying to restructure the position so she receives no pay. | STATE OF OREGON

Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi defends outside job at legislative hearing

Critics say her $265,000-a-year-job is 24-7, but Hathi told lawmakers her side job won't be a distraction from Oregon's largest state agency. She plans to work a shift or two a month at Stanford University's teaching hospital .

Feb 20, 2025

Salem Health CEO Cheryl Nester Wolfe, right, and Santiam CEO Maggie Hudson, left, field questions about the planned merger.

Salem Health CEO Cheryl Nester Wolfe, right, and Santiam CEO Maggie Hudson, left, field questions at the Tuesday, March 3 town hall in the Salem Public Library Loucks Auditorium. | HAILEY COOK | SALEM REPORTER

Salem Health merger talks trigger concerns over insurance coverage

'We all feel horrified' about the breakdown between Regence and Salem Health, says Salem Health CEO

Mar 10
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Oregon bracing for major cuts to centers that help victims of child sexual abuse and domestic violence

The state’s Department of Justice determined Oregon could not accept some $15 million in federal grants without violating its sanctuary state status

Aug 19, 2025

Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Officials Tie Psychiatric Hospital’s Needs To More Community Programs

Legislators grilled an outside expert and the Oregon Health Authority about a proposal to charge counties that don’t accept Oregon State Hospital patients.

Feb 17, 2022
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Federal appeals court upholds Oregon’s health care merger review law

A panel of judges dismissed hospitals' arguments that Oregon lawmakers set up a program that is vague and arbitrary. The ruling clears away a question hanging over the program's continued existence, but leaves other questions unanswered.

Jul 8, 2025
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A view of downtown Heppner in Morrow County, Ore. on July 17, 2024. | ANTONIO SIERRA/OPB

Nurses and staff at Oregon’s smallest rural hospital unionize in Morrow County

Workers seek higher staffing levels and more consistent disciplinary policy at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner

Aug 15, 2024

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